# 1997 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship

The 1997 AT&T Canada Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held January 11–19 at the Kindersley Curling Club in Kindersley, Saskatchewan.
Team Northern Ontario won the event, defeating British Columbia in the final. To get to the final, Northern Ontario had to beat Prince Edward Island in a tiebreaker, and then win two playoff matches against Nova Scotia and Alberta. In the final, the team had to come back from being down 5–2 after give ends. They scored two in the sixth, and stole one in the seventh and eighth ends to take the lead. They then forced B.C. to take one in the ninth, giving them the hammer (last rock advantage) into the final end. To win the game, Northern Ontario skip Chris Johnson had to make a perfect double takeout for the win, which he made. It was the third national title for Northern Ontario, which had previously won in 1979 and 1981.
The event set a record attendance at the time for the Canadian Mixed, with 19,910 spectators.
The final was televised on TSN.

## Teams

Teams were as follows:
| Locale | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Club |
| Alberta | Kory Kohuch | Charlene Sawatsky | Rudy Nordin | Carrie Kohuch | Lethbridge |
| British Columbia | Eric Wiltzen | Jan Wiltzen | Bert Hinch | Valerie Lahucik | Kamloops |
| Manitoba | Doug Armour | Marsha Kontzie | Mel Barclay | Linda Armour | Souris |
| New Brunswick | Grant Odishaw | Denise Bowser | Rick Perron | Leanne Perron | Beaver |
| Newfoundland | Bob Osborne | Pamela Osborne | Mike Conway | Annette Osborne-Conway | St. John's |
| Northern Ontario | Chris Johnson | Barb McKinty | Drew Eloranta | Lisa Gauvreau | Sudbury |
| Nova Scotia | Scott Saunders | Colleen Jones | Thomas Naugler | Helen Radford | Halifax |
| Ontario | Jim Hunker | Cathy Piccinin | Morgan Currie | Janice Remai | Rideau |
| Prince Edward Island | John Likely | Susan McInnis | Mark Butler | Gail MacNeill | Charlottetown |
| Quebec | Guy Hemmings | Nathalie Audet | Michael Fournier | Joëlle Sabourin | Thurso |
| Saskatchewan | Warren Betker | Deanne Miller-Jones | Jaime Miller | Sloane Muldoon Girardin | Weyburn |
| Yukon / Northwest Territories | Orest Peech | Wendy Hales | Pat Paslawski | Tammy Bazylinski | Whitehorse |

## Standings

Final standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
| Province | Skip | Wins | Losses |
| British Columbia | Eric Wiltzen | 9 | 2 |
| Alberta | Kory Kohuch | 8 | 3 |
| Nova Scotia | Scott Saunders | 8 | 3 |
| Prince Edward Island | John Likely | 7 | 4 |
| Northern Ontario | Chris Johnson | 7 | 4 |
| Quebec | Guy Hemmings | 6 | 5 |
| New Brunswick | Grant Odishaw | 6 | 5 |
| Manitoba | Doug Armour | 5 | 6 |
| Yukon / Northwest Territories | Orest Peech | 4 | 7 |
| Saskatchewan | Warren Betker | 3 | 8 |
| Ontario | Jim Hunker | 2 | 9 |
| Newfoundland | Bob Osborne | 1 | 10 |

## Tiebreakers

* Northern Ontario 8-4 Prince Edward Island

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | British Columbia | 11 | | | | 1 | British Columbia | 6 |
| 2 | Alberta | 4 | | | | 4 | Northern Ontario | 7 |
| | | | 2 | Alberta | 4 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Northern Ontario | 9 | | | |
| 3 | Nova Scotia | 4 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Northern Ontario | 5 | | | | | | |

## Final

January 19, 6:30pm
| Sheet | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Johnson) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| British Columbia (Wiltzen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |